With Starship, it will cost about $70-90 to put 1kg of payload into orbit.
That will open vast new opportunities for space-based researh and services.
For example a university that has to pay at least $50k to launch a research cubesat today will be able to do it for about $2k.
[−]potatototoo99 · 2026-11-15 Sun 01:10 UTC ·
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And? We can't live in space, we can't travel because distances are too large, it's still polluting our orbit and a huge waste of resources, for what? Just build more satellites? Is there even the demand for more satellite internet?
I'm all for doing R&D for research's sake, like medicine research in zero G, but this exagerated "everything related with space is magical and life-changing" view is ridiculous. This whole HN thread is ridiculous, this is the crowd that would fall hook line & sinker for datacenters in space.
The real answer is simple. We've made it so hellish to live on earth, the only answer is to fantasize about getting as far away as possible. Even if that place is deadly to human and plant life.
That will open vast new opportunities for space-based researh and services.
For example a university that has to pay at least $50k to launch a research cubesat today will be able to do it for about $2k.
I'm all for doing R&D for research's sake, like medicine research in zero G, but this exagerated "everything related with space is magical and life-changing" view is ridiculous. This whole HN thread is ridiculous, this is the crowd that would fall hook line & sinker for datacenters in space.